{"id":5184,"date":"2013-03-04T08:05:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T15:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2019-05-28T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T17:37:02","slug":"world-pride-mascots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reactorart.com\/blog\/world-pride-mascots\/","title":{"rendered":"World Pride Mascots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last autumn, the Toronto Pride Committee asked Maurice Vellekoop to come up with costume designs for some mascots they were considering creating for the World Pride festivities coming to town in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>There were to be 4 designs for typically Canuck animals representing various types in the LGBT community. 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